The name Cyclops IS Greek. The plural is Cyclopes. The name translates roughly as circle (cycl- think cycle) eyed (ops - think optical). The original three Cyclopes (sons of Ouranos and Gaea) were Brontes (Thunder), Steropes (Lightning) and Arges (Brightness).
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The cyclops that Odysseus encountered was Polyphemus; in Greek Mythology there were many cyclops.
The name of the giant Cyclops in The Odyssey is Polyphemus. He is the son of Poseidon and Thoosa according to Greek mythology.
The Cyclops comes from the Greeks. The name means 'wheel eye'.
its just a greek name.like the cyclops,zeus is just another greek name.
metis, when in the cyclops cave, he said that his name was no-one (me tis in greek) later, when he blinded the cyclops, the cyclops cried out to his neighbours "no-one is hurting me", so they ignored him. metis is the greek word for cunning and foresight :)